Watch: Iraq’s Yazidi refugees – who are they and what is their future?

Chased out of their homes, hiding in mountains and fleeing across the border, Iraq’s ancient Yazidi minority is facing the wrath of the cutthroat terrorists of the Islamic State group (formerly known as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – ISIS).

Aljazeera English correspondent Bernard Smith explains who the Yazidis are and what the future might hold for them.